04/03/2026
A season to remember. ♥️ Thank you to everyone who pitched in this year to help make Hulett Farm’s maple season our best one yet. Jim is beyond grateful for your sacrifice and support. Together, we made 45 gallons of syrup from 2,240 gallons of sap collected — more than double last year and all by hand. Whether you tapped trees, hung buckets, gathered sap, pulled the heavy sap sled, endlessly split firewood, or fired the new evaporator — a piece of you went into every bottle filled. Filled not only with delicious Vermont gold, but also hard work, grit, and determination. A special thank you to my friend, Matt, who loaned me his pickup truck when Redford limped into the auto shop and spent the balance of the season there. Thankfully Redford is back helping with clean-up duties. Challenges aside, our new evaporator (nicknamed Audrey 3 — “feed me, Seymour! 🤣) performed beautifully and powered through sap at ~50 GPH — reaching 54 GPH at one point. With increased throughput we produced lighter Amber/Rich grade syrup for the first time ever. Milder days helped produce Dark/Robust, and even a tiny amount of Very Dark/Strong on our last day. Taps and buckets have now been pulled and clean-up work has begun. Before too long the sugarhouse — once abuzz with fervent activity, steam and smoke — will fall silent against a Vermont woodland backdrop awaiting the 2027 season. 🍁
